Cork-driver



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J. SOMMER.

CORK DRIVER. No. 324,963. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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tlnirnn STATES PATENT OFricE.

JOHN SOMMER, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

CORK-DRIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324 963, dated August 25 1.885.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SOMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the count y of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Drivers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a bottlecorking device of reduced cost of construction, of increased convenience, and one better adapted to withstand the influence of the liquids thrown from the bottle in the corking process; and it consists in the improved cork-driver constructed substantially as hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clause of the claim.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cork-driver. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, a portion thereof being in vertical section; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the upper portion of said device.

Heretofore in drivers of similarconstruction the upper portion, a,of the device,corres1 )onding to the part marked a, was glued or otherwise fastened at about the center of the device to the lower portion, marked a. In this construction the fluid from the bottle being corked had easy access to the joint and loosened the same by dissolving the glue or warping the wood from which the device is made. By my improved construction this objection is obviated, the upper and lower parts being of one piece.

In said drawings, a, a is a wooden body, the center of which is longitudinally bored out from one end, the lower portion of the bore tapering to receive a correspondiugly-tapering metallic lining, 1), adapted to receive the cork at one end and to compress the same as said cork is forced through said lining by the plunger 0. At the lower end, adjacent to the smaller end of the tapering lining, the body is recessed, as at d, to receive the head of the bottle and hold the same in place when the cork is being forced into position. At the opposite end of the body the bore is filled with a perforated plug, 0, which provides a hearing for the plunger 0. Said plug being fitted or driven tightly into said bore secures a permanent and rigid hearing as distinguished from bearings formed in hinged or removable caps, which are more or less loosely fitted and tend to withdraw from or uncover the bore on an upward movement of the plunger. The opposite sides of the body are cut away, as at f f, forming opposite openings adapted to allow the person corking the bottle to grasp the cork from both sides, thus giving him better control of the cork and facilitating the corking process.

The plunger employed in this device is sub stantially the same as those heretofore used, and needs no especial description.

I am aware that drivers have been provided with single side openings, and I do not herein claim such a construction, nor do I claim devices in which the cork is placed in the tube or here from the top after raising the cap having the bearing for the plunger. In my improved device I am enabled to hold the cork with thumb and finger on opposite sides of the cork from opposite sides of the driver, atthe same time inclosing with the hand one of the upright connections giving steadiness to the driver, thus with one hand having perfect control of the cork and the body of the driver, while with the other hand the plunger is being raised and descends to the cork.

\V hat I claim as new is A'tubular cork-driver, substantiallysuch as described, having the opposite openingsff to the bore, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of January, 1885.

JO HN SO MMIQR.

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